Blue Lake Hut

Dodging lazy trees on Waiau Pass

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Date: 27 Jan - 3 Feb 2023.
Trip type: Flexi - whatever Sarah's legs could do.
Location: St James Conservation Area & Nelson Lakes National Park.
Author: Sarah F.
Trampers: Sarah F.

Summary Day 1: Boyle Village – Magdalen Hut Day 2: To Waiau Hut via Boyle Flat, Rokeby, Anne and Lake Guyon Huts (side trip) Day 3: To Blue Lake Hut Day 4: To Upper Travers Hut via West Sabine Hut Day 5: To Cupola Hut Day 6: To Coldwater Hut via John Tait & Hopeless … Read more

Moss Pass via Blue Lake

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Date: 3rd-6th June.
Trip type: Tramp: Medium Fit.
Location: Nelson Lakes National Park.
Author: Lynsey, Tiffany.
Trampers: Caryl, Lynsey (Photos), Tiffany (Leader).

The following is a recollection of the trip from two perspectives – Lynsey and Tiffany. With two vans from WTMC heading down for the long weekend, the ferry ride was a social affair, especially with a group of TTC folks also heading down for an attempt of Mt Manakau. We shared a van with James’ … Read more

Blue Lake Hut

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Date: 1-3 February 2019.
Trip type: Easy-Medium.
Location: Blue Lake Hut, Nelson Lakes National Park.
Author: Daniel.
Trampers: Juan (leader), Anna, Anne, Lukas, Natasha, Daniel.

Blue Lake, Nelson Lakes

Our target for the weekend was Blue Lake Hut, nestled in the Nelson Lakes National Park next to reputedly the clearest water in the world – Blue Lake with 80 meters of visibility. Walking in and out on the same track, we conservatively estimated eight hours of tramping each day. Our weekend jaunt to the … Read more

Moss Pass

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Date: 5th-8th February 2015.
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Moss Pass.
Author: Stuart.
Trampers: Ian Harrison, Megan Banks, Illona Keenan, Kevin Cole, Emily Shrosbree, Mark Pothecary, Stuart, Spencer Clubb.

Like the best laid plans of mice and men going astray, the bad weather predicted for Nelson Lakes National Park meant that our proposed Mole Tops tenting trip had to be altered.  The new trip would be the Moss Pass route going via Sabine and over into the D’Urville. Day One – Sabine Hut to Blue … Read more

Anzac medium trip to Nelson Lakes

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Date: 24-29 April 2012.
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Nelson Lakes.
Author: Graeme Corin.
Trampers: Amanda Wells, Richard Lardner, Graeme Corin and Adam Clarke.

Three keen punters (we picked Richard up from the Junction Hotel in Spring Creek) assembled at Wellington train station on Tuesday evening, before embarking on the 5 minute drive to the Interislander ferry terminal. John and his group were also aboard for the van and ferry ride. The ferry ride to Picton was fairly uneventful … Read more